Support Secretary | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston is recruiting a Support Secretary to assist our renal specialist nursing teams. The role is 1.89 wte and can be full-time or slightly reduced hours, depending on service needs.

You will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support, manage electronic calendars, co-ordinate meetings, and handle correspondence and patient data updates. Proficiency with Outlook and Excel is essential.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in a full range of IT packages including Outlook and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to renal specialist nurses.
• Electronic calendar management and co-ordination of meetings.
• Manage and update patient database information and correspondence.
• Collate papers for clinics and assist with clinic bookings.
• Update Trust Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and SPN duties.

Skills

Secretarial skills

Audio typing

IT literacy

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Job description

Support Secretary | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

We are delighted to offer 1.89wte posts top support our specialist nurse teams in renal. The posts can be full time or slightly less than full-time.The posts will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to our specialist nurses and facilitate, support and coordinate the infrastructure required for the effective organisation of the specialist nurses within the Department of Renal. Duties will include secretarial admin and audio typing. The post holder will need to be competent in a full range of IT packages including Outlook and Excel.

Communication and general secretarial duties (electronic calendar management), co-ordination of meetings. Managing and co-ordinating correspondence and sending appointments. Managing and updating patient database information. Collation of papers for clinics. Filing of reports (electronically). Using renal computer (Vital Pulse). Accessing and updating the EPR system with patient level details.

You would join an excellent, friendly and compassionate large Renal service that covers 1.6 million people, looking after over 1400 dialysis and transplant patients across a large geographical area including 4 trusts and 6 satellite renal centres in addition to our main hub unit at Royal Preston Hospital. Our specialist nurses work across Lancashire and South Cumbria providing support for advanced kidney care, anaemia, vascular, transplant and bone adequacy.

Provision of comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to our renal specialist nurses.

Competencies in a full range of IT including Outlook and Excel.

Managing external and internal telephone queries.

Coordinating incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Managing electronic diaries for specialist nurses.

Filing and booking system support.

Collation of papers for SPN duties.

Arranging clinic appointments.

Updating the Trust Electronic Patient records.

A full JD & Spec are available

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust